<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<h1>Table Generator</h1>
</head>
<body>
<center><a href = "<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>">Refresh</a></center>
<?php
$rows = (isset($_POST['rows']) ? $_POST['rows'] : null);
$cols = (isset($_POST['cols']) ? $_POST['cols'] : null);
$highlight = (isset($_POST['highlight']) ? $_POST['highlight'] : null);
if ($rows == "")
{
$rows = 10;
}
if ($cols == "")
{
$cols = 10;
}
if ($highlight == "")
{
$highlight = 5;
}
?>
<form method="post">
ROWS <input type="text" name="rows" value = "<?php echo $rows;?>" />
COLUMNS <input type="text" name="cols" value = "<?php echo $cols;?>" />
HIGHLIGHT <input type = "text" name = "highlight" value = "<?php echo $highlight;?>" /><br>
<input type="submit" value="Generate">
</form>
<?php
if(isset($_POST['rows']))
{
$randnumber = rand(0,100);
$rows = $_POST['rows'];
$cols = $_POST['cols'];
$highlight = $_POST['highlight'];
echo '<table border="1" align = "center">';
if (is_numeric($rows) and is_numeric($cols) and is_numeric($highlight))
{
if ($randnumber % 2 == 0)
{
echo '<center>The first number is <div class = "red">even</div></center>';
}
else
{
echo '<center>The first number is <div class = "green">odd</div></center>';
}
for($row = 1; $row <= $rows; $row++)
{
echo '<tr style = "background-color:green">';
for($col = 1; $col <= $cols; $col++)
{
if ($randnumber % $highlight == 0)
{
echo '<td style = "background-color: red">';
echo $randnumber;
$randnumber++;
echo '</td>';
}
else
{
echo '<td>';
echo $randnumber;
$randnumber++;
echo '</td>';
}
}
echo '</tr>';
}
echo '</table>';
}
else
{
echo "<center>Rows / Columns / Highlight must ALL be INTEGER values. Re-enter correct value(s).</center>";
}
echo '<pre><center>';
print_r($_POST);
echo '</center></pre>';
}
?>
<style type ="text/css">
h1 {
color: grey;
text-align:center;
}
form {
text-align: center;
padding-bottom: 20px;
}
a:link {
text-decoration: none;
}
.red {
color: red;
}
.green {
color: green;
}
</style>
</body>
</html>
So. I have this PHP code to generate a table based off the user's input and I recently ran into a problem I cant figure out how to fix.
It was working perfectly fine but now whenever I use the Refresh link it resets the entire page to default (i.e. default textbox values instead of keeping the current ones, removing the table).
So, I have 2 questions. How would I keep the data on refresh (with $_POST being used) and how to display the table with the default values when the page first loads.
<a href="javascript:location.reload()">Refresh</a>
Clicking it will trigger browser's reload mechanism and you'll be asked to resubmit the form action, it will allow you to keep POST data.
You need to re-create the post if you want to keep the parameters. Can be done pretty eaily by looping thru the array.
<form method='POST' id='refresh' action='<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>'>
<?php foreach($_POST as $k=>$v): ?>
<input type='hidden' name='<?php echo $k; ?>' value='<?php echo $v; ?>' />
<?php endforeach; ?>
<a href='#' onclick='document.getElementById("refresh").submit(); return false;'>refresh</a>
</form>
Note: This is a little longer than the other answer, but will not prompt to resend post data.